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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1408 - AN ACT TO
AMEND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWELVE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE ENTITLED: "AN
ACT AMENDING SECTION TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED NINETEEN AND ONE-HALF OF THE
REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," AND OTHER RELATED
PROVISIONS OF THE SAME CODE |
Section 1.
Section two thousand two hundred nineteen of the Revised Administrative
Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 2219.
Duties of barrio lieutenants. — The barrio lieutenant, or in his
absence or inability the vice-barrio lieutenant who shall be the one
who receives the highest number of votes in the election provided for
in the next following section shall assist the councilor in the
performance of his duties in such barrio, to which he is assigned. The
councilor may, for cause, recommend for suspension or dismissal to the
municipal council any of the members of the council from office." Sec. 2. Section two thousand two hundred nineteen and one-half of the same Code as amended by Republic Act Numbered One thousand two hundred forty-five is hereby further amended to read as follows: "Sec. 2219
½. Barrio Council. — In each barrio there
shall be organized the barrio council which shall be composed of a
barrio lieutenant who shall be its chairman, and such number of vice
barrio lieutenants as there are sitios within the barrio who shall
assist the barrio lieutenant in the discharge of his duties, a
councilman for livelihood, a councilman for education, and a councilman
for health who in addition to their other duties, will look after the
enforcement of laws, ordinances and resolutions pertaining to matters
comprised within their respective offices and the promotion of the
welfare of the barrio. In barrios where there are no sitios, there
shall be one vice barrio lieutenant for every two hundred inhabitants.
The barrio lieutenant and vice barrio lieutenants shall be elected at a
meeting which shall be attended by at least one-third of all the
residents of the barrio who are qualified voters. The election shall
take place annually on the third Tuesday of January. The councilor of
the barrio shall convoke and preside over the meeting. He shall appoint
a board of inspectors and canvassers to conduct the election. Voting
may be done either by open or secret ballot as one-half of the voters
attending the election meeting may decide. Those who obtain the highest
number of votes for the position for which they are candidates shall be
declared elected and shall assume office immediately: Provided,
however, That no person shall be elected vice barrio lieutenant unless
he is a resident of the sitio." "Every head of family who is a
resident of the barrio and is twenty-one years of age or over is
eligible to vote in the election, provided he has been a resident of
the barrio for at least six months prior to the election.cralaw "The members of the barrio
council shall hold office for one year or until their successors are
duly elected and qualified. But in no case can he be re-elected for
more than four consecutive terms unless two years have elapsed from the
expiration of his last term, in which case he shall again be eligible
for election to any barrio office. They shall not receive any
compensation or emolument of any kind.cralaw "(a) To
represent the barrio or portion of barrio where it is located, in cases
in which such representation is not incompatible with the personality
of the municipal council; (b) to hold a regular session once a month;
(c) to make their own rules of procedure which shall be approved by the
councilor concerned before they take effect; (d) to submit to the
municipal council, through said councilor, such suggestions or
recommendations as they may see fit for improvements in their place or
for the welfare of the inhabitants thereof; (e) to provide for the
publication by town crier or such other means as they see fit, of new
laws and municipal ordinances; (f) to organize at least three times a
year civil lectures tending to generalize information concerning the
duties and rights of citizenship; and (g) to cooperate with the
government for the success of measures of general interest in their
respective barrios. The barrio councilmen may hold their sessions in
the public school building of the barrio during hours when there are no
classes, or in any house or lot in the barrio the provisional or
permanent use of which may be granted to them for said purpose free of
charge; and shall elect from among their number a secretary who shall
prepare short minutes of the proceedings of the council and draft the
recommendations or suggestions to be submitted by the same to the
municipal council, in either any of the official languages of the
country or in the local dialect. The barrio council shall also elect
from among their number a treasurer who shall collect all fees and
contributions due the barrio treasury for which he shall issue the
proper receipts. He shall be the custodian of the barrio funds and
shall deposit all collections with the municipal treasurer within a
period of one week after receipt of such fees and contributions. He
shall disburse the same in accordance with resolutions of the council,
upon vouchers signed by the payee and approved by the barrio lieutenant
with the approval of the municipal council and subject to availability
of funds in the barrio treasury. The barrio council may provide for
necessary traveling expenses for the barrio lieutenant or any member of
the council." Sec. 3. Section two thousand two hundred eighteen of the same Code as amended by Republic Act No. 733 is hereby repealed.cralaw
Sec. 4. Sec. 2 of Republic Act Numbered One
thousand two hundred forty-five, is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 2.
This Act shall take effect on January first, nineteen hundred and
fifty-six." Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect on January first, nineteen hundred and fifty-six.cralaw Approved: September 9, 1955 |